
Sale 100
Anniversary Auction SALE 100
100 masterful works of unbridled creativity, artistic sophistication and with first-class provenances.
Highlights
Lot 1 : Figural pair, early 20th century
Bhutan / Nepalpresumably Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands David Henrion, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 3,500Lot 2 : Sitting female figure "hampatong"
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakAlfred Weissenegger, Winklarn, Austria Private Collection Austrianot available anymoreLot 4 : Figural fragment
Indonesia - NiasRobert Temple, Ghent, BelgiumPrice EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insuranceLot 5 : Magic staff "tunggal panaluan"
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba-BatakCastor-Hara, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 16 December 2013, Lot 167 Berry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlandsnot available anymoreLot 6 : Spirit board "hohao", 19th / early 20th century
Papua New Guinea - Gulf, Elema peopleOld UK Collection Berry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlandssold EUR 5,000Lot 7 : Zoomorphic tobacco pipe "sok pe"
Papua New Guinea - Southern Highlands Province, Lai Valley, MendiTodd Barlin, Sydney, Australia John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USAsold EUR 900Lot 8 : Zoomorphic tobacco pipe "sok pe"
Papua New Guinea - Southern Highlands Province, Lai Valley, MendiUlrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USAsold EUR 900Lot 9 : Rare hammer-shaped fighting club
Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province, Wonenara or Marawaka areas, AngaLeo Fleischmann, Sydney, Australia Anthony JP Meyer, Paris, France John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA John Friede, with his wife, Marcia, assembled over decades the Jolika Collection, which is named in honor of their three children, John, Lisa, and Karen. More than 300 works from their holdings are now part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s permanent collection housed at the de Young.sold EUR 1,800Lot 10 : Rare hammer-shaped fighting club
Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province, Wonenara or Marawaka areas, AngaLeo Fleischmann, Sydney, Australia Anthony JP Meyer, Paris, France John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USAnot available anymoreLot 11 : Cult hook figure "grababufa", "gra" or "garra"
Papua New Guinea - Hunstein Mountains, BahinemoRobert van der Heijden, Amsterdam, The Netherlandssold EUR 3,000Lot 12 : Exquisitely beautiful figural flute stopper
Papua New Guinea, Sawos / IatmulGalerie Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlandssold EUR 6,000Lot 13 : Ceremonial mask "brag", 1930-1940
Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik - RamuBacquart, Jean-Baptiste, London, Great Britain / Paris, France Galerie Flak, Paris, France Magnus Svensson, Broby, Swedensold EUR 5,500Lot 14 : Mask of a spiritual being
Papua New Guinea - Lower SepikJan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlandsnot available anymoreLot 15 : Standing male figure "kandimbong"
Papua New Guinea - Lower SepikCornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 17 November 2020, Lot 316sold EUR 3,500Lot 16 : Ceremonial carving
Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Yuat River, Biwat (Mundugumor)Reputedly Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg Lempertz, Brussels, 24. October 2018, Lot 182 (and pictured on the cover)not available anymoreLot 17 : Spurred club "kiakavo"
Fidjinot available anymoreLot 18 : Headrest "kali"
FidjiChistopher B. Hemmeter, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA John Giltsoff, Girona, Spainsold EUR 2,000Lot 19 : Club "patu wahaika"
New Zealand, MaoriRudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 4,000Lot 20 : Sacred board "tjuringa" ("churinga", "tjurunga")
AustraliaAdam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britainsold EUR 1,500Lot 21 : Parrying shield "wunda"
Western AustraliaAdam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britainsold EUR 1,200Lot 22 : Rare wooden figure of the Thule culture, probably 17th century
Alaska, Shishmaref, ThuleJeffrey Myers, New York City, USA John Giltsoff, Girona, Spainsold EUR 7,000Lot 23 : Anthropomorphic figure, 19th century
Alaska, Seward Peninsula, Cape Nome, InupiatJosephine L. Reader, Nome, Alaska, USA Jeffrey Myers, New York, USA John Giltsoff, Girona, Spainsold EUR 8,000Lot 24 : Rare bradawl, ca. 500-800 AD
Alaska, PunukPerry Lewis, New York, USA John Giltsoff, Girona, Spainsold EUR 4,000Lot 25 : Standing male figure "za mä"
Liberia, DanFranco Monti (1931-2008), Milan, Italy Alberto Galaverni (1933-2013), Parma, Italy Koller, Geneva, "Art Tribal - Collection Galaverni, Parme", 11 December 2013, Lot 145 Frank van Craen, Brussels, Belgium Belgian Private Collectionnot available anymoreLot 26 : Anthropomorphic head sculpture "maha yafa", 15th / 16th century
Sierra Leone, Coastal AreaMario Meneghini, Monrovia, Liberia (1957) Giovanni Testori (1923-1993), Milan, Italy Sold by his heirs in 1999 Dalton - Somaré, Milan, Italy Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium Marcel Nies, Antwerp, Belgium (2018)not available anymoreLot 27 : Anthropomorphic figure "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Mende / SapiHelmut Gernsheim, Castagnola, Switzerland Arendt Oetker, Berlin, Germany Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany (2009) Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germanysold EUR 6,000Lot 28 : Shrine figure "iran otiba(n)go" ("tamed spirit")
Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, BidjogoEugene and Harriet R. Becker, Great Neck, USA Anne M. Spencer, Newark, USA Newark Museum, USA (deaccessioned 2019) Herrmann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany (2021)sold EUR 3,140Lot 29 : Antelope dance crest "tijwara" ("chiwara")
Mali, BamanaSotheby's London, 28 July 1970, Lot 61 Hans Schleger (1898-1976), Berlin / London, Germany / Great Britain Schleger, who signed with the artist name „Zéró“, was a German-British graphic artist and graphic designer, specialized in commercial graphics and internationally also known for his poster art.sold EUR 3,400Lot 30 : Figural top of a dignitary staff
Mali, BamanaHelmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germanynot available anymoreLot 31 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, MossiMichel Gosse, Caen / Paris, France Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germanynot available anymoreLot 32 : Kneeling female figure
Burkina Faso, TurkaKarl-Heinz Grunwald, Berlin, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 November 2006, Lot 132sold EUR 1,500Lot 33 : Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleTheo Niermeijer (1940-2005), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Niermeijer was a dutch sculptor, painter, graphic artist, installation artist and architect.sold EUR 5,500Lot 34 : Standing male figure "blolo bian", before 1935
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleUK Collectionsold EUR 6,000Lot 35 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule, Kouamé KouassiLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Paolo Morigi (1939-2017), Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerlandsold EUR 3,200Lot 36 : Pair of figures "yassoua ni bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleFrench Collectionsold EUR 2,500Lot 37 : Heddle pulley "konantre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / GuroEdward J. Klejman, Paris, France (acquired between 1979-81)Price EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insuranceLot 38 : Heddle pulley "konantre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / YaurePierre Vérité, Paris, France Tao Kerefoff, Paris, Francesold EUR 1,750Lot 39 : Comb with janus head "saka" or "kouêkouê" ("kwekwe")
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleLucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (ca. 1970) Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich, Germanysold EUR 950Lot 40 : Rare female figure, 19th / early 20th century
Côte d'Ivoire, BétéPatrick Varnier, Paris, France Yves Créhalet, Paris, France Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgium (2011)not available anymoreLot 41 : Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask "glae"
Côte d'Ivoire, BétéCarlo von Castelberg, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10. September 1994, Lot 78 Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germanysold EUR 4,800Lot 42 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire / Liberia, Dan-GioCollection Banque Paris Pays-Bas (BNP Paribas Fortis), Brussels, Belgium (1950) Private Collection Bruno Frey, Arnay-le-Duc, Francesold EUR 3,000Lot 43 : Fetish mask
Côte d'Ivoire / Liberia, DanAdrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 44 : Anthropomorphic face mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanAmerican Private Collectionsold EUR 2,500Lot 45 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Lagoon Region, Ebrie (Kyaman) / Akye (Attié) / Gwa, Master of the Triangular NoseGerman Collectionnot available anymoreLot 46 : Helmet mask "gye"
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroPrivate Collection, Alsace, Francesold EUR 1,500Lot 47 : Male-female couple
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroFrench Collection, Alsace (before World War I)sold EUR 4,000Lot 48 : Anthropomorphic face mask "kpélié" ("kpeli yehe")
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoAndré J.F. Köbben (1925-2019), Amsterdam / Leiden, Netherlands Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 49 : Helmet-shaped headdress "sigi(kun)"
Mali, South Bamana area north to the border of Ivory CoastChristie's, London, 8 November 1977, Lot 244 Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 4 May 1979, Lot 32 Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 2,500Lot 50 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo / Kulango / Djimini (Jimini) / LigbiMichel Gosse, Caen / Paris, France Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Manfred Magin, Weinheim, Germanysold EUR 4,600Lot 51 : Ring with bovine head "nyi-kar-yi" or "nokariga"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoRené David, Zurich, Switzerland Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germanysold EUR 750